How should I learn labview?

[gbedi]

That's what the biggest problem is . My company has one programmer and they are training me. I want to learn and I want to start doing things but the other person works weird hours and I can not work those hours so I am just sitting here reading forums and examples online and try to do my best what I can.

[crossrulz]

As was stated, see if you can find a driver already written for the instrument and see how it was done. Try to replicate and/or improve it.  Most of the Agilent instruments use SCPI commands you can send via VISA.  Lookup VISA examples and learn from those.  Then figure out how to build the commands you want and send it through the VISA session.  Then learn how to interpret what was sent back.  Just play and ask questions.  We are here to help.

[billko]

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@crossrulz wrote:

As was stated, see if you can find a driver already written for the instrument and see how it was done. Try to replicate and/or improve it.  Most of the Agilent instruments use SCPI commands you can send via VISA.  Lookup VISA examples and learn from those.  Then figure out how to build the commands you want and send it through the VISA session.  Then learn how to interpret what was sent back.  Just play and ask questions.  We are here to help.

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I remember how proud I was when I got my first query (*IDN? naturally) to work!  🙂

[RavensFan]

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@Darin.K wrote:

  (I borrowed these from Ravens Fan, he probably has it macroed since searching for 'tutorials' in his posts on LabVIEW forum gives hundreds of results.)

LabVIEW Introduction Course - Three Hours
LabVIEW Introduction Course - Six Hours

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Yep.  I think I learned to use the macro several years ago when I saw Tst had similar messages that always read exactly the same.